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Q3: Are sports cards valuable ?

Like all collectibles, some sports cards increase in value and a few can become very valuable.
Determining a card's value is based on a number of factors including the popularity
of the player, the card's scarcity, it's condition, and demand among collectors.
A card can be scarce but if there's no demand for it, it's value may not be to great.

Q: What are some of the ways to collect cards ?
There are several different ways to collect cards. For example, you can try to
collect all the cards in a given set. Or you can focus on cards of your favorite
team or even just your favorite player.

Some people only collect Rookie cards while others only collect cards of
Hall-of-Famers. Because of the high cost of vintage sports cards today a growingly
popular way to collect sportscards is "Type Collecting".

"Type Collecting" is collecting just one of each "type" (or different issue) made.
To keep costs down, on some of the scarcer more expensive issues you can simply
add a less expensive "common" to your collection. While on more common or recent
issues you can select your favorite player or a card from your favorite team.

No matter how you collect - the key is to have fun !

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCO

Red Man Tobacco issued baseball cards in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955,
making them the only tobacco company to do so since 1920.
The cards are very attractive with a large, painted portrait and a short
player's bio on the front. On the back is company advertising.
1/2" tabs at the bottom of each card could be exchanged for a prize.
The exchange rate was 50 tabs for one free Big League style baseball cap.
Thus, cards with the tabs still intact are much, much, harder to find
making them more valuable.

Without the tabs it is difficult to determine which year certain players
were issued. It is usually easiest to determine the year by looking at the
expiration date on the back. Subtract 1 from the expiration year to determine
the year of the card.

Each set is made up of 25 players from each league all personally selected by
Editor J.G. Taylor Spink of the "Sporting News".
Managers from each league were included in the 1952 and 1953 sets.
The 1954 set had four different variations.
If you ignore the many variations of the expiration dates,
that brings the total to only 208 cards to complete your
Master Red Man Tobacco Baseball Card Set !!! Start collecting now !

1971 O-Pee-Chee Baseball

Also referred to as OPC or Topps Canada, most vintage OPC sets were near replicas
of the Topps cards from that year. Exactly same in design they usually only
differed with the addition of French to the backs and some fronts.
To the benefit of collector's OPC made several changes in their 1971 set.
The most obvious and useful was a complete redesign of the card backs and the
addition of another player photo ! Additionly, over 20 cards were changed including
the inclusion of what could be considered the first "Traded" cards. Another
difference: Topps cards #202 and #289 were changed to allow the addition of 2
more Expos to the set.
The 1971 OPC set is legendary for its short print run, estimated at perhaps
just 5% of Topps’ Production. This issue is considered quite elusive, even in Canada. TOP ROOKIE: Steve Garvey TOP STARS: Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks,
Pete Rose, Ted Williams, Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson, Don Baylor/Dusty Baker RC & MORE !!!